Famous People Vocabulary Words for the NYS SS Test



Write some facts, ideas or any statements you know about the following Famous People.


Thomas Edison

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1)He invented the lightbulb

2)His middle name is Alva

3)Born on February 11th in Milan,Ohio

4)His first invention was the electrical vote recorder


Frederick Douglass

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1)He was born in Easton,Maryland on February 1818

2)When he was seven years old he was sent to work as a slave

3)He was a publisher and famous spokesman

4)He was a famous conductor on the underground railroad



Samuel de Champlain

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1)He sailed to america in 1609

2)He learned the ways of the sea from his Uncle

3)He was born at brouage, a small seaport town in the old province of saintonge.

4)He explored the west Indies, Montreal and Cape Cod